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The stats on this page are divided into following sections:
   Data on HIV / Aids in Indiay
   Stats on various diseases (TB, polio, encephalitis, diabetes)
   Miscellaneous health and environmental stats

Lines marked with an asterisk (*) are recently added entries.

data on HIV / Aids in India

- * people with HIV / AIDS in India: 2002: 4.58 million -- 2003: 5.1 million [BBC; Nov 2005]
- * new HIV infections in 2003: 520,000 [BBC; Nov 2005]
- * new HIV infections in 2004 according to Health Minister: 28,000 (figure disputed
   by UN Aids Chief) [BBC; Nov 2005]
- number of AIDS patients in India: 68,809 [Jun 2004]
- HIV cases in Manipur acc to UN estimate: 8 % of India's total HIV cases (Manipur
   accounts for 0.23 % of India's total population) [BBC Oct 04]
- estimated number of HIV infected people in Manipur: 17,000 (estimate is by officials,
   NGOs claim the number to be much higher) [BBC Oct 04]
- first AIDS patient in India: identified in 1986
- first AIDS patient in Himachal Pradesh: identified in 1992 in Seongta village in
   Hamirpur district
- number of identified AIDS cases in Himachal till March 2004: 186
- number of identified HIV cases in Himachal till March 2004: 817
- estimated number of AIDS cases in Himachal Pradesh: possibly over 4,000 (estimate
   by authorities, Mar 2004)
- HIV/AIDS cases reported from 1987 - Dec 2003 in various districts of HP:
   Hamirpur district: 184 HIV & 46 AIDS -- Kangra district: 158 HIV & 37 AIDS
   -- Kullu district: 11 HIV & 3 AIDS --Kinnaur district: 8 HIV & 1 AIDS
   -- Lahaul-Spiti district: 0 HIV & 0 AIDS

stats on various diseases (TB, polio, encephalitis, diabetes)

- number of polio cases in India: 2002: 1,600 -- 2003: 225
- DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) immunisation coverage: 55 %
- people who suffer from TB in India: 4.5 million
- annual number of TB deaths in India: 450,000
- * number of deaths caused by Japanese encephalitis since 1974 in UP and Bihar:
   8,000 [BBC; Sep 2005]
- * number of child deaths due to encephalitis outbreak in UP summer 2005: 700
   according to official figures -- up to 1,500 according to Aid Agencies [BBC; Sep 2005]
- * number of children immunised against encephalitis in UP 2005: 200,000 out of
   7 million [BBC; Sep 2005]
- numbers of cases of diabetes in India 2002: 31.7 million
- estimated number of diabetes cases in India for 2030: 79.4 million (estimate by
   American Diabetes Association, apr 2004)
- people living in Indian metros suffering from diabetes: 12 % [ITo]

miscellaneous health and environmental stats

- number of doctors per 100,000 persons: 48
- * number of children in India who die before the age of 5: 63 out of 1000 according
   to UN report [BBC; Sep 2005]
- children under 3 years of age in Orissa severely malnourished: 21 % (feb 04, acc to
   National Family Health Survey); or 3.8 % (acc. to data collected by the state)
- tribal children below the age of six who have died of malnourishment-related causes
   in 15 districts of Maharashtra: 9,000 (between apr 2003 and may 2004)
- daily-wage earners in Madhya Pradesh who consume tobacco: 70 % [HT Jun 04]
- money spent on tobacco in Mumbai: street kids: 43 % of their income
   -- people earning less than 2,000 Rs per month: 29.63 % of their income
   -- people earning over 10,000 Rs per month: 4.27 % of their income [HT Jun 04]
- amount of raw sewage entering the river Ganges every minute: 1.1 million litres (acc
   to WHO, June 2004, BBC report). One gram of faeces can contain 10 million viruses,
   one million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 worm eggs.
- food products in India which contain pesticides residue above tolerance level:
about 20 % (compared to 2 % globally) [ITo]
- food products in India which don't contain detectable pesticides residues: 49 %
   (compared to 80 % globally) [ITo]

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data sources & key:
AT: Asia Times, BBC: BBC online, BRIT: Britannica 2002, BSNL: BSNL Telecom Trends, BSt: Business Standard, CIA: CIA Factbook India, CIN: censusindia.net, CNEI: Chandigarh Newsline, c/net: c/net news, ConSu: Content Sutra DI: Daily India, DNA: DNA India, EB: EquityBull, EI: ExpressIndia, EW: EconomyWatch, FE: Financial Express, FL: Frontline, GG: Gujarat Global, GTF: Global Technology Forum, GBoWR: Guinness Book of World Records, HT: Hindustan Times, ID: IndiaDaily, IInfoLine: India InfoLine IND: The Independent, ITo: India Today, NPBS: Nature PBS, PhO: PhysOrg, RED: Rediff, REU: Reuters, Sify: Sify Broadband, TH: The Hindu, TNJ: The News (Jang), ToI: Times of India, TT: The Tribune,

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